Folks (slang)
Pronunciation: /fo-olks/
Singular: Folk
What does Folks mean?
1. People.
2. Relatives.
Example sentence: “We’re having dinner with her folks tonight.”
Folks in songs:
“Old folks talking ’bout, “Back in my day” But homie, this is my day” – Kanye West, Can’t Tell Me Nothing.
“I hear your music and I know that rap’s changed A bunch of folks would say that that’s a bad thing” – J. Cole, 1985.
“Now, how many fucking crystal balls can I buy and own? Humble old me had to flex for the folks” – Frank Ocean, Oldie.
“I heard it’s the way they did it when we only had a stove But it’s better that I stayed at home with my folks” – Kanye West, Saint Pablo.